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Originally Posted by simmo
Does anybody have some good stars to split? I'm going out tonight and with a fullish moon I thought it might be a good time to try and find some double (or more) stars to split. I got my new 6mm UO ortho  today as well so it seemed like a good way to start viewing with it! Maybe that's a question in itself. Is it possible to split with the 6mm on a 10" Dob?
I can't find out how to get info on double stars yet. Is there some on stellarium?  please.
Cheers Simmo |
Hi,
I don't think you would even need a 6 mm for many doubles. There is a fair bit about
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...s/3073201.html
http://users.compaqnet.be/doublestars/#titb
http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org/eco/doubles/
Read this about Stellarium and double stars
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...5/Main/2617813
Attached is a spreadsheet I made which indexes doubles and multiples by constellation, each sorted by separation. You could select a constellation with a good view, and see if you can split a few doubles around 2-3 arc-sec or so. The moon won't bother you much with this sort of thing.
Cheers